phthisical
21phthisis — [ (f)θʌɪsɪs, tʌɪ ] noun archaic pulmonary tuberculosis or a similar progressive wasting disease. Derivatives phthisic adjective phthisical adjective Origin C16: via L. from Gk, from phthinein to decay …
22tabid — a. Consumptive, phthisical …
23emaciated — adj gaunt, drawn, haggard, pinched, hollow eyed, withered, shriveled, shrunken, dried up, wizened, Brit. Dial. wizen; scrawny, scraggy, spare, skinny, thin, lean, lanky, lank, slim, slender, attenuate, attenuated, tenuous; atrophied, atrophic,… …
24hectic — adj 1. feverish, frenetic, frenzied, fitful, furious; rabid, delirious, raging, ranting; excited, passionate, heated; confused, boisterous, rambunctious, rampageous, riotous; uproarious, wild, mad, unruly, rampant; tumultuous, turbulent,… …
25morbid — adj 1. somber, morose, pessimistic, blue, melancholic, atrabilious, hypochondriacal; depressed, despondent, dejected, out of sorts, Inf. in the dumps; gloomy, lugubrious, dreary, dull, glum. 2. unwholesome, unhealthy, sick, unsound; sickly,… …
26phthisis — n. tuberculosis of lungs. ♦ phthisical, a …
27phthisis — [tī′sis, thī′sis, fthī′sis] n. [L < Gr, a decay < phthiein, to waste away < IE base * gwhthei , to disappear, be destroyed > Sans kṣáyati, (he) destroys] any wasting disease, as tuberculosis of the lungs phthisic [tiz′ik] adj., n.… …
28phthisis — n. any progressive wasting disease, esp. pulmonary tuberculosis. Derivatives: phthisic adj. phthisical adj. Etymology: L f. Gk f. phthino to decay …
29phthis|ic — «TIHZ ihk», noun, adjective. Archaic. –n. phthisis. –adj. phthisical. ╂[< Latin phthisica, feminine of phthisicus < Greek phthisikós, adjective, consumptive < phthísis phthisis] …
